May be but here in Polk they can't even keep what they have for the teachers working. I got asked to look at a couple of desktops in classrooms by the teachers who were tired of waiting for IT to come look at them. I was told that they put in the trouble ticket 2 weeks before they asked me to look at them. One had a bad monitor the other was just plain dead. I got one working by taking a monitor from one classroom to the other. Last I heard they were still waiting for IT to show up. The machines had been disconnected for the summer and IT and not gotten around to re-connecting them. This was in January. I sincerely doubt that things around here will change.
Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:32 PM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > We did it a couple of years ago for all 8th and 9th graders (which, to be > fair, isn’t all that many in a district our size). That was under a state > grant. > > > > I think a couple of years ago, though, the technology wasn’t quite ready > for prime time. Now it’s reaching a point where a reasonably powerful laptop > can run all day on one battery charge and won’t cost an arm and a leg. I > definitely see this in the future. > > > > The way textbooks are priced, I you could switch to e-books and have just > about enough money left to buy laptops! > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 1:30 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Friday OT - Web cam case > > > > I doubt we will see it in Florida within my life time. The taxes are low > to keep the retires coming and the politics of introducing a state income > tax would just about kill any party promoting it. > > > > Jon > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Kennedy, Jim <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> > wrote: > > That will change, it is happening very quickly in public schools. Maine is > all over it, other States are too. Many HS’s are now public hot spots. Ours > new HS probably will be one……there is no way around it. Laptops/Tech are a > part of Americas way of life. We are charged with getting them ready for > that way of life, so we can’t ignore it. > > > > Now, how to pay for it. That is the real rub. > > > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the > public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
